If there is any change in the West Mountain, it is that large-scale gentry and landlords will come in carriages and sedan chairs.

Food is the most important thing for people. They have land. What should they plant in the land to get the greatest profit is their most concerned thing.

Sweet potatoes are preparing to be tested in various prefectures and counties in the coming year, and thousands of households in the military farm are waiting for it. A large number of heart lieutenants and strong men have begun to understand the characteristics of sweet potatoes and many planting techniques under the guidance of their backbones.

But for the wealthy families around the capital, they don’t have to wait for the trial planting of the states and prefectures before promoting it. They will get the month before getting close to the water. Therefore, they came to investigate and wanted to see how much the real yield of this sweet potato is. Can this thing be eaten? Can it fill your stomach after eating it? Can leaves be cooked?

The cautious wealthy and gentry always have natural cunning, and they believe that seeing is true.

Therefore, the West Mountain was really lively for a while.

However, Fang Jifan's only impression of these old wealthy and local tyrants was that he had a stingy place. He was very angry when he came, but he was very angry in the inn and tea shops.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the weather is getting colder and colder. Fang Jifan thought of something and wrote a letter to his father, who is thousands of miles away, and at the same time, someone brings sweet potatoes.

At the same time, the Qianyuan Farmhouse will draw a group of managers to lead the way to Guizhou. As for their own family, the fat water will not flow to outsiders' fields. The promotion of sweet potatoes will be first promoted in Guizhou.

What made Fang Jifan feel quite regretful was that if there were corn, cassava, chili peppers, and rubber, it would be even better. If these were first promoted in Guizhou County, they would definitely be first-class economic crops, especially chili peppers. The Yunnan-Guizhou area is very humid and hot. The so-called miasma is actually a bit difficult for ordinary Han people to adapt to, and chili peppers can promote blood circulation. These places are the most suitable for eating chili peppers.

In the past few days, Zhu Houzhao has been running to the West Mountain more frequently, and now he has started to blatantly, and what he is doing is naturally in the name of reading.

After all, Fang Jifan is now a little secretary, so it is more convenient to get in and out. The palace doesn't seem to ask too much about this. Emperor Hongzhi still trusts Fang Jifan, but he has more guards when he comes. Zhu Houzhao is still wearing regular clothes and tries not to show off as much as possible.

However, Yang Tinghe, the secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion, became increasingly dissatisfied.

In the past, I could turn a blind eye. You are the prince and you are the eldest, but after he secretly went to the palace to file a few lawsuits, the prince did not restrain himself and felt a little angry. What kind of pride would it become if this continues?

He couldn't help it anymore, so on this day, he hurried to the warm room to meet the Chief Minister of the Cabinet in person.

Liu Jian has been very busy recently, almost so busy that he is not touching the ground. He is different from Yang Ting and such a clear stream. He only buried his head in the sea of ​​books and has so much leisure.

Especially now, the top priority of the matter in the court is to voyage to the West, which involves the manpower, material resources, money and food, and even the training personnel. In the end, he needs to make the final decision.

After the notice, Yang Tinghe entered the duty room, and Liu Jian took advantage of this gap to continue to draw up the tickets he had.

Yang Tinghe had to stand aside and wait for a while, but Liu Jian seemed to have not realized it and buried his head in the desk, as if he had forgotten what he had just approved Yang Tinghe to pay homage.

After waiting for a long time, Yang Tinghe finally couldn't help but cough.

Liu Jian then raised his eyes, couldn't help laughing, put his pen gently, and said, "Oh, meddleman, you are here, sit down and talk."

Yang Tinghe refused to sit down, but said seriously: "Damn disaster is coming, does Mr. Liu still have leisure time?"

“…”

Liu Jian's reaction to Yang Tinghe's anxiety was not big.

It is true that the Qingliu Hanlin people know the routines very well. They like to exaggerate everything. The big things are all about the safety of the country. He... has become accustomed to it.

Liu Jian smiled and said, "I have no leisure time. I am waiting for the matters of the two capitals and thirteen provinces to give them an explanation. Why, what is going to be a disaster?"

"Your Highness, now you no longer want to study, and you will never see it all day long. Liu Gong, the crown prince is the crown prince. It is related to the welfare of the world, and you must not be ignored." Yang Tinghe glanced at Liu Jian and said in a deep voice: "The Secretary of the Warrior's Mansion is useless, especially because His Majesty appointed a martial honor as the Secretary of the Warrior. What kind of style has become? It is unprecedented, which is really worrying..."

"I will pay attention to this matter." Liu Jian nodded.

Hearing this, he was actually quite worried. He really couldn't last long, but he was very busy now. Moreover, with Fang Jifan in his place, he wouldn't make a big fuss. Liu Jian still had some appreciation for Fang Jifan.

Yang Tinghe was naturally dissatisfied with Liu Jian's reaction, so he continued: "I heard that Fang Jifan set up a college in Xishan to teach new studies. He was afraid that he would miss the prince. Isn't Liu Gong worried?"

New study?

Liu Jiansurong seemed to have a lot of noises in the court about this new school, but there were always some crazy students who claimed that Cheng and Zhu were misleading their children, and the court actually didn't care much about it.

After all, it is the eight-legged essay master. As long as the eight-legged essay is still the classics of Cheng and Zhu, then there is no slight noise to make a fuss.

Looking at Liu Jian's face, Yang Tinghe continued: "This is a witch that confuses the public. If the prince is misleading because of this..."

Liu Jian was silent and said for a long time: "Okay, I understand."

That's it? Yang Tinghe was unwilling to give up and said again: "Mr. Liu..."

Liu Jian smiled slightly and interrupted, "You go, I will pay attention."

Yang Tinghe couldn't help but shake his head. At this time, he was still young, far from the prime minister in history who joined the cabinet and even launched a big ceremony to compete with the emperor. So he bowed to Liu Jian, with a bit of resentment: "If the prince is deceived, even if he plans to vote, the harm will be irreversible."

As he said that, he said goodbye and left.

Liu Jian did not take the bill to draft the ticket. Looking at the empty payroll, he seemed to be in silence.

In fact, what Yang Tinghe said is not unreasonable.

But he did not express it on the spot because he could not make a statement in front of Yang Tinghe. When this statement was spread, when it came to the officials, it obviously became a signal that Liu Gong disliked Fang Jifan, or Fang Jifan's bad intentions and the prince went astray.

At that time, the entire court will have such an uproar and such a terrible impact. Needless to say, the Censorate and the excited censors will have to overwhelm the entire cabinet with impeachment memorials.

He closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before saying, "Come on, go and invite Wu Shizhong."

Wu Shizhong was a second-class Jinshi in the third year of Hongzhi and from Jiangxi. He was later awarded the Ministry of War to the Ministry of War. He had just arrived at the Ministry of War, and the people in the two capitals, Shandong, Henan and Zhejiang were famined. Emperor Hongzhi issued an edict to provide relief and subsidies. The relevant departments were waiting for investigation and verification. However, Wu Shizhong said his faults very much, so he submitted a memorial to repair water conservancy and restore the official warehouse. Because his memorial was clear and well organized, it was mostly adopted by the court.

Liu Jian likes this young man very much. Although he was not ranked high in the imperial examination, he was able to reveal the shortcomings of the imperial court in the process of helping disaster victims at a young age, which shows that he is not an empty talker.

So Liu Jian was determined to promote him, and now Wu Shizhong is in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

After a few cups of tea, Wu Shizhong hurried over and bowed to Liu Jian: "Mr. Liu..."

He is a person who looks like a loyal person. In the Hongzhi Dynasty, loyalty and honesty were very popular, just like Ouyang Zhi, not only the emperor liked it, but Liu Jian also praised it.

Liu Jian said to Wu Shizhong very directly: "You have to go to Xishan."

When Wu Shizhong heard this, he understood and said, "I have heard of the affairs of the West Mountain, and I understand it."

Liu Jian smiled and said, "You can just go to the casual clothes this time, and you can't tell anyone anything. Just listen and see if there is any result. Report directly to me and never make any public statements."

Wu Shizhong nodded respectfully and said, "The official understands."

So Liu Jian waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Wu Shizhong bowed and went in a hurry.

Liu Jian was still feeling a little ups and downs. Yang Tinghe was actually right. The prince is indeed related to the country. This is not a joke. Please check it in advance.

He lowered his head and prepared to book a ticket, but after a moment, he saw that the room was very quiet. He wanted to drink tea, so he subconsciously picked up the tea, but found that the tea was cold, and said, "Come on, hot tea."

After screaming for a while, there was no movement. I couldn't help but feel a little angry and subconsciously raised my eyes.

But at some point, Emperor Hongzhi stood beside him, with his hands behind his back, looking down at his plan to sign up for a ticket.

Liu Jian quickly wanted to get up and salute, but Emperor Hongzhi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, there is no need to be too polite. I just come and take a look. Is this proposed ticket something that Shuntian Mansion pleads to promote sweet potatoes immediately?"

"Yes." Liu Jian thought for a while and said, "Shuntian Prefecture means that it is necessary to promote it as soon as possible. It is too slow to cultivate the land of Qianhu Office. However, the old minister believes that such a major event cannot be ignored. What the land of Qianhu Office in the military makes sense. To promote it, we need to slowly plan it. First set up experimental fields in each prefecture. According to the soil quality and climate of each place, we should first observe the growth of sweet potatoes, and then slowly promote it. Only in this way can we achieve foolproof."

"Yes." Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food. I didn't expect that promoting this sweet potato would coincide with the principle of governing the country."

Liu Jian also smiled and said, "This is not a coincidence, but any matter involving thousands of people is always cautious, otherwise a small mess will become a huge matter. Your Majesty is here for the prince?"

“…”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian and laughed and said, "It's still the Liu Qing family who knows me."

Liu Jian smiled and shook his head and said, "It's not that the old minister knows Your Majesty, but that the old minister knows Yang Tinghe. Yang Tinghe has just come to see the old minister. Seeing that the old minister is so negligent, the old minister thinks that he must go to sue the emperor."
Chapter completed!